Brick and wall constructed thereof.



PATENTED AUG. 27,

BRICK AND'WALL CONSTRUCTED THEREOF.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1906.

' Mum Be it known that 1, Emma D ANnnUs, a citizen of the'United States, residing at South Chicago, in the 3 county of Cook and'State oi I1linois,'have invented.

' for structures in which there is vibration or movement,

'eertainnew and useful lmprovementsin Bricks'and Walls Constructed Thereof, of which the following is-a specification. 4 e

This invention relates. to new and useful improve merits in bricks and walls constructed thereof and itparticularly embodies a brick formed with reinforcing openings or recesses, which in the assembled relation of a number of said bricks toform a wall, afford a space for the reception -of a continuous reinforcingmeans.

It is a primary object to provide" a brick designed to be assembled in courses and to employ-a reinforcing means extending throughout thecourses. -This'mode of construction renders the brick especially adaptable or in which there is a lack of positive supporting elements. Examples of such structuresaie rotary kilns "are arranged in c ircular series conclantric with the up-- "per and'lower edges of the structure.

for the'reduction of raw materials intoPortland cement clinker, or arches in steam'boilers which on-one side have no perpendicular support. p 1 The invention aims as a further object to provide in connection with abrick of the above'type 'a novel reinforcing means embodying an interlocked structure of cement and metal. i

It is a further consideration of the invention to provide a brick applicable to structuresoi the above type,

of such conformation that the key brick .may be molded in the wall in situ. A decisive advantage over the ordinary practice is thus obtained, inasmuch'as the key .brick molded m the freshly mixed material forms an absolutel perfect key, and'in. fact a key which is far more peiifect than any that the most skilled artisans could cut and drive in place,

' The detailed construction will appear in the course of the following description in which reference is had i to the accompanying'drawings forming a part of this specification, like numerals designating like parts throughoutthe several views, ,wherein,

Figure 1 is. a front elevation of abrick constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Figs. '3 and 4 are detailed perspective views of the elements of the reinforcing means. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a wallconstructed in accordance withmy invention, the reinforcing means being shown in section. Fig. 6 is a reduced side elevation thereof the reinforcingmeans being shown in section, and Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section of a wall as embodied in my invention and viewed upon the line 7-7 of Fig. 6. a

In the practical embodiment of my invention 1- employ abrick'of substantial K shape embodying a lower portion '1, an' upper portion 2 and a central connecting web 3, of such disposition and proportions that lengi Specification ime" Patent. Application filed July-12,19 410. Serial Hogan-1,928.

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tudinal spaces or recesses 4 are afforded --between the portions land' 2 and on each side of saldweb.

I The brick thus constructed is'designed in practical use to be of various proportions and shapes, which will depend entirely upon the circumstances bf use, but in theprefe'rred embodiment of the invention, as above intimated, it is designed for circular work, such as. arches, and in view of thisfact the brick disclosed in Fig. l is conformable to an arched structure; .To thisend the upper portion 2 has a convex top surface 5 and the lower portion 1 has a concave bottom surface 6, the surfaces 5 and 6 constituting chords oithe circle formed by the arched structure. In the abutting're 5 lation of the bricks, the sides thereofare'tapered from top'to bottom as at 7 It is -to be noted that in the ar-' bitrary disclosures-of Figs. 1 and 2 the sides of the recesses 4 extend at such an angle to a line centralof the body of the brick and eirtending perpendicularly, that bricks registering longitudinally throughout the-wall, a and asshown in Fig. 5 the recesses '4 will severally register with the confronting recess in theakljacent brick course and between the courses themselves for thereception'of a reinforcing means designed .to be molded therein. As above intimated-the reinforcing means comprises a cement filing 8 which serves as a binding I-in awall constructed as shown in Fig. 5, said recesses I agent between the several bricks and courses and in this function is reinforced by metallic elements. The filling 8 is reinforced transversely by a member 9 of substantial U-shape and formed with angular ends '10.

In the preferred arrangement of parts the member 9 is disposed transversely along the 'lineof articulationC of the courses. The filling 8 vis reinforced longitudinally by a continuous series of members 11 of the same shape as the member 9 and formed with depending ends 12. The members ll are preferablyof greater length than the members 9 and overlie one another for a portion of their-length as shown in Fig. 6, the ends 12 of one member 11 extending toward the adjacent memher. It will be readily apparent that the-members 9 

